Often I want to skim through a document or piece of code, which I do with page down (Ctrl-D) and page up (Ctrl-U), but it feels like I am violating the spirit of Vim using emacs-like chords/control ...

I have been mixing the use of emacs and vi (vim) for a long time. Each of them has its advantage. I parse error output from a compilation like process and get a line and column number but I can only ...

I am running XFCE4 with Raspbian (essentially Debian) on my Raspberry Pi. I read here on Stack Exchange that turning display compositing off should resolve my problem, which it didn't. Also I would ...

I am trying to find the proper terminology for the problem I am having so I can hunt down a solution.
I am using the nouveau driver. When the mouse pointer becomes a grabbing hand, a box forms around ...

I am using Fedora 20, and whenever a new line opens in the command line terminal, the cursor, which is a solid black rectangle, flashes on and off about ten times, then remains steady. I think I have ...

I have an Ubuntu 12.04 system where I, at reboot, login a root. This morning I did the things I had to and thought about running
apt-get -y upgrade
I started typing this but before pressing Enter I ...

I'm running Debian wheezy, xfce 4.8.
Where do I copy mouse cursor themes I downloaded from xfce-look?
If you can give me the location to copy themes, icons, and cursors I would really appreciate it.
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I've started splitting my emacs frame into two side-by-side windows, but often I'm unable to tell at a glance which window the cursor is currently in. I've bound the other-window command to a special ...

When I move my mouse slowly over the desktop the pointer jumps often a few pixels (one or two) in the opposite direction of which I move my mouse. Horribly when trying to set the cursor around some ...

I am using Xubuntu 12.04 in a remote environment. Off late, I am observing that sometimes the cursor turns into a hand and stops responding. I cannot do anything to fix it.
The only solution seems to ...

I've been using vim for a few years as a secondary editor but for various reasons, I find myself using it more and more even when my primary editor is available. One problem that has always bugged me ...

I'm trying to get a nonblinking cursor in gnome-terminal.
In gnome I used gconftool-2 -s /apps/gnome-terminal/profiles/Default/cursor_blink_mode -t string off do accomplish this. How can i stop the ...

So I'm writing a terminal emulation (I know, I should just compile putty, etc.) and am at the stage of plodding through vttest to make sure it's right. I'm basing it on the VT102 for now but will add ...

I've changed my .Xdefaults for a black background, white foreground, but my cursor is now opague. I can't see the letter I'm over, and worse, I can't see my screen hardstatus.
Google is just pulling ...

xdotools gives the ability to insert text at the current text insertion point, but it doesn't seem(?) to have an option which gets the actual screen x,y co-ordinates... Is there any such program? ... ...